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Donald Trump shuts down companies tied to Saudi Arabia after electionhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/donald-trump-closes-companies-after-election-saudi-arabia
<p>News of the move came days before he is expected to describe changes he is making to his businesses to avoid potential conflicts of interest as president</p><p>President-elect Donald Trump shut down some of his companies in the days after the election, including four that appeared connected to a possible Saudi Arabia business venture, according to corporate registrations in Delaware.</p><p>News of the move came days before Trump is expected to describe changes he is making to his businesses to avoid potential conflicts of interest as the US president.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/dec/01/donald-trump-business-interests-conflicts">Trump's conflicts of interest: a visual guide</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/donald-trump-closes-companies-after-election-saudi-arabia">Continue reading...</a>Donald TrumpSaudi ArabiaBusinessUS newsUS politicsMiddle East and North AfricaWorld newsSat, 10 Dec 2016 01:04:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/donald-trump-closes-companies-after-election-saudi-arabiaPhotograph: Gerald Herbert/APPhotograph: Gerald Herbert/APAssociated Press in Washington2016-12-10T01:04:00ZSilicon Valley's TJ Miller arrested after allegedly slapping Uber driverhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/silicon-valley-tj-miller-arrested-hitting-uber-driver-trump-fight
<p>The actor got into an argument about President-elect Donald Trump, slapped the driver on the head and was arrested for battery, according to reports</p><p>Silicon Valley comedian TJ Miller was arrested for battery on Friday, Los Angeles police said on Friday, for allegedly hitting an Uber driver over a political dispute.</p><p>A Los Angeles police spokesman, officer Aareon Jefferson, said that Miller was arrested about 1am at his home, after police received a call from the 6900 block of Camrose Drive in Hollywood Heights.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/12/kumail-nanjiani-thomas-middleditch-trump-supporters">Kumail Nanjiani and Thomas Middleditch confronted by Trump fans</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/silicon-valley-tj-miller-arrested-hitting-uber-driver-trump-fight">Continue reading...</a>Los AngelesCaliforniaUberTechnologyUS crimeUS newsDonald TrumpHBOUS televisionTelevisionCultureSat, 10 Dec 2016 00:06:18 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/silicon-valley-tj-miller-arrested-hitting-uber-driver-trump-fightPhotograph: Curtis/StarPix/REX/ShutterstockPhotograph: Curtis/StarPix/REX/ShutterstockAlan Yuhas in San Francisco2016-12-10T00:06:18ZWhite House says Obama has ordered 'full review' of election hacking – videohttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2016/dec/09/white-house-obama-ordered-full-review-election-hacking-video
<p>White House spokesman Eric Shultz says on Friday that Barack Obama has ordered US intelligence to review evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election before he leaves office. Schultz denies the review is ‘an effort to challenge the outcome of the election’</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/us-election-hacking-russia-barack-obama-review">Election hacking: Obama orders ‘full review’ of Russia interference</a></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2016/dec/09/white-house-obama-ordered-full-review-election-hacking-video">Continue reading...</a>Barack ObamaUS newsObama administrationRussiaHackingUS elections 2016Donald TrumpUS politicsFri, 09 Dec 2016 20:42:56 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2016/dec/09/white-house-obama-ordered-full-review-election-hacking-videoPhotograph: Evan Vucci/APPhotograph: Evan Vucci/APGuardian Staff2016-12-09T20:42:56ZDonald Trump calls Nicola Sturgeon for 'brief introductory' talkhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/09/donald-trump-calls-nicola-sturgeon-for-brief-introductory-talk
<p>Scotland’s first minister and US president-elect said to have discussed their nations’ longstanding relationship</p><p>Donald Trump and Nicola Sturgeon have spoken for the first time since the US election. The president-elect called Scotland’s first minister on Friday for what aides described as “a brief introductory conversation”.</p><p>According to a Scottish government statement, Sturgeon and Trump discussed “the longstanding relationship between Scotland and the United States”.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/09/nicola-sturgeon-says-trump-must-show-he-is-president-for-everyone">Nicola Sturgeon says Trump must show he is president for everyone</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/09/donald-trump-calls-nicola-sturgeon-for-brief-introductory-talk">Continue reading...</a>Nicola SturgeonDonald TrumpUS newsForeign policyPoliticsUK newsScotlandScottish politicsWorld newsUS elections 2016Fri, 09 Dec 2016 20:38:15 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/09/donald-trump-calls-nicola-sturgeon-for-brief-introductory-talkPhotograph: Andrew MacColl/REX/ShutterstockPhotograph: Andrew MacColl/REX/ShutterstockLibby Brooks Scotland correspondent2016-12-09T20:38:15ZTrump's cabinet looks increasingly conventional but far from moderatehttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/donald-trump-cabinet-republican-appointments-campaign
<p>Donald Trump’s personnel picks have stayed within the Republican mainstream – few are Trump cronies, and some were even opponents of the president-elect</p><p>Donald Trump ran an outsider campaign that seemingly violated every convention of American politics, but the team he is assembling for government looks increasingly like a conventional Republican cabinet. </p><p>Few of these picks could be considered moderate. “From the point of view of liberals, most of the appointments are abhorrent,” Whit Ayres, a top Republican political consultant and pollster, told the Guardian, “but they would have been with any Republican president.”</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/donald-trump-administration-cabinet-picks-so-far">Trump's cabinet picks: here are all of the appointments so far</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/donald-trump-cabinet-republican-appointments-campaign">Continue reading...</a>Trump administrationDonald TrumpUS politicsSteve BannonBen CarsonUS newsRepublicansFri, 09 Dec 2016 19:53:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/donald-trump-cabinet-republican-appointments-campaignPhotograph: Gerry Broome/APPhotograph: Gerry Broome/APBen Jacobs and David Smith in Washington2016-12-09T19:53:01ZTrump's cabinet picks: here are all of the appointments so farhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/donald-trump-administration-cabinet-picks-so-far
<p>From retired marine corps Gen James Mattis leading the defense department to Steve Bannon as chief strategist, here’s who Trump has appointed so far</p><p>The open question of how Donald Trump will govern is being filled in with names of men – and four women, as of early December – floated for inclusion in his cabinet and for cabinet-level posts. Trump’s picks reveal a penchant for military brass, political outsiders, Wall Street titans and ... white men. The picks do not betray a particular faith in the value of prior government experience. Here’s the list so far:</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/dec/01/donald-trump-business-interests-conflicts">Trump's conflicts of interest: a visual guide</a> </p><p lang="en" dir="ltr">General Kelly is a great choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security. <a href="https://t.co/mBgK6eQVpN">https://t.co/mBgK6eQVpN</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/donald-trump-administration-cabinet-picks-so-far">Continue reading...</a>Trump administrationUS newsDonald TrumpReince PriebusJeff SessionsBen CarsonSteve BannonUS politicsFri, 09 Dec 2016 19:29:47 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/donald-trump-administration-cabinet-picks-so-farPhotograph: EZRA BOLENDER / HANDOUT / US NAVAL WAR COLLEGE/EPAPhotograph: EZRA BOLENDER / HANDOUT / US NAVAL WAR COLLEGE/EPATom McCarthy in New York2016-12-09T19:29:47ZPerson of the year shouldn’t be Trump – it’s clearly Putin | Jonathan Freedlandhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/09/person-of-the-year-trump-putin-dreams-brexit-us-election-aleppo-post-truth
From Brexit to the US election, Aleppo to post-truth, 2016 has seen the Kremlin chief’s dreams realised<p>Donald Trump should not have been named <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/07/donald-trump-named-as-time-magazines-person-of-the-year" title="">Time magazine’s Person of the Year</a>. That’s not to make the schoolboy error of presuming the award to be a badge of moral approval: I know it merely recognises the individual who has dominated the previous 12 months, for good or ill. (It’s why Time has no reason to regret <a href="http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760539,00.html" title="">handing the 1938 accolade to Adolf Hitler</a>.)</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/07/donald-trump-named-as-time-magazines-person-of-the-year">Donald Trump named as Time magazine's person of the year</a> </p><p>As a former KGB man, he must be proud of what is surely the most successful espionage operation in history</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/09/person-of-the-year-trump-putin-dreams-brexit-us-election-aleppo-post-truth">Continue reading...</a>RussiaVladimir PutinWorld newsDonald TrumpUS newsUS politicsFri, 09 Dec 2016 19:29:26 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/09/person-of-the-year-trump-putin-dreams-brexit-us-election-aleppo-post-truthPhotograph: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty ImagesJonathan Freedland2016-12-09T19:29:26ZNigel Farage launches scathing attack on Ukip's 'low-grade people'https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/09/nigel-farage-scathing-attack-ukip-low-grade-people
<p>Former party leader ‘having a great time’ not having to deal with people ‘who use me as a vehicle for their own self-promotion’</p><p>Nigel Farage has said he is relieved to no longer be Ukip leader because it had meant “having to deal with low-grade people every day”, in an interview where he said his £85,000-a-year salary had left him “poor” compared with his City banker friends. </p><p>Speaking to the Telegraph, Farage said he now has global ambitions beyond the Eurosceptic party, including negotiating trade deals with the US president-elect, Donald Trump, and finding a solution to the Middle East conflict. </p><p>I am not responsible for what our branch secretary in Lower Slaughter said half-cut on Twitter last night</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/09/nigel-farage-scathing-attack-ukip-low-grade-people">Continue reading...</a>Nigel FarageEU referendum and BrexitPoliticsUK Independence party (Ukip)Paul NuttallDonald TrumpUK newsFri, 09 Dec 2016 19:23:54 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/09/nigel-farage-scathing-attack-ukip-low-grade-peoplePhotograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesJessica Elgot2016-12-09T19:23:54ZReal concerns about fake news and staged photos | Lettershttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/dec/09/real-concerns-about-fake-news-and-staged-photos
<p>How can you run news items and comment on false news (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/08/challenge-facebook-reach-power-overdue-mark-zuckerberg" title="">A challenge to Facebook’s reach and power is overdue</a>, 9 December), while the front page of the very same edition bears a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/dec/08/artist-alison-jackson-self-publishes-spoof-trump-photos-despite-fear-of-being-sued" title="">false photo</a> of the US president-elect cavorting with, apparently, Ku Klux Klan members? Donald Trump may or not be a supporter of this organisation and they in turn may or may not be supporters of his. But the clear message of the photo, without any prominent indication that it is false, presents unambiguous positive answers to these implied questions.</p><p>I fly no flag for Trump, whatever the answers are in truth, but as a signed-up supporter of your publication’s objective of “producing quality, independent journalism, which discovers and tells readers the truth”, I would have expected better of you. Or are we all (subscribers, supporters, casual front page headline readers) supposed to know the speciality of Alison Jackson’s work?<br><strong>David Garrett</strong><br><em>Bristol</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/dec/09/real-concerns-about-fake-news-and-staged-photos">Continue reading...</a>MediaSocial mediaDigital mediaNewspapersNewspapers & magazinesDonald TrumpUS newsFacebookSocial networkingTechnologyTwitterBloggingInternetPope FrancisWorld newsThe GuardianNational newspapersFri, 09 Dec 2016 19:10:55 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/dec/09/real-concerns-about-fake-news-and-staged-photosPhotograph: Alison Jackson/REX ShutterstockPhotograph: Alison Jackson/REX ShutterstockLetters2016-12-09T19:10:55ZClimate skeptic Cathy McMorris Rodgers set for Department of Interior posthttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-department-interior-trump
<p>Trump expected to choose US congresswoman, an oil drilling advocate, to lead department charged with management and conservation of federally owned land</p><p>Donald Trump is expected to pick US congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a strong advocate of increased oil and gas development who is skeptical about climate change, to run the Department of the Interior, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters on Friday.<br></p><p> The appointment could mean easier access for industry to more than a quarter of America’s territory, ranging from national parks to tribal lands stretching from the Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico, where energy companies have been eager to drill and mine.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/donald-trump-administration-cabinet-picks-so-far">Trump's cabinet picks: here are all of the appointments so far</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-department-interior-trump">Continue reading...</a>Trump administrationUS newsUS politicsDonald TrumpFri, 09 Dec 2016 18:16:44 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-department-interior-trumpPhotograph: Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesReuters2016-12-09T18:16:44ZBarack Obama orders 'full review' of possible Russian hacking in US electionhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/us-election-hacking-russia-barack-obama-review
<p>President’s decision to have US intelligence agencies look over evidence comes after unrelenting pressure from Democratic lawmakers to declassify information</p><p>Barack Obama has ordered US intelligence to review evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election after coming under sustained pressure from congressional Democrats.</p><p>The review will be one of Obama’s final instructions to the intelligence agencies, which will soon report to Donald Trump, whom congressional Democrats consider the beneficiary of a hack targeting the Democratic National Committee.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/us-election-hacking-russia-barack-obama-review">Continue reading...</a>Obama administrationUS newsBarack ObamaRussiaDemocratsHackingUS elections 2016Donald TrumpWorld newsUS politicsFri, 09 Dec 2016 17:26:15 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/us-election-hacking-russia-barack-obama-reviewPhotograph: Evan Vucci/APPhotograph: Evan Vucci/APSpencer Ackerman in New York and David Smith in Washington2016-12-09T17:26:15ZPublishers rush out Trump and Brexit books to traumatised readershttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/09/publishers-rush-out-trump-and-brexit-books-to-traumatised-readers
<p>Industry push for titles responding to this year’s shocking votes in the US and UK prompts raft of comedies and sober analyses</p><p>Publishers are rushing out a raft of titles to meet demand among readers traumatised by the election of Donald Trump and the aftermath of the Brexit referendum. Titles range from humour to protest packs aimed at reinvigorating the left as it faces four years of the former TV star in the White House.</p><p>The books are being turned around in time for Trump’s inauguration as US president on 20 January. American writer Gene Stone will publish <a draggable="true" href="https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062686480/the-trump-survival-guide">The Trump Survival Guide</a> on both sides of the Atlantic 10 days before the inauguration. Billed as “everything you need to know about living through what you hoped would never happen”, the book will be a serious call to action for Trump dissenters across the political spectrum, said publisher Dey Street Press, a division of HarperCollins. The author’s earlier books include a satirical guide to surviving George W Bush’s presidency.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/09/publishers-rush-out-trump-and-brexit-books-to-traumatised-readers">Continue reading...</a>PublishingPoliticsBooksCultureDonald TrumpEU referendum and BrexitFri, 09 Dec 2016 16:18:48 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/09/publishers-rush-out-trump-and-brexit-books-to-traumatised-readersPhotograph: Mary Schwalm/APPhotograph: Mary Schwalm/APDanuta Kean2016-12-09T16:18:48ZGael García Bernal and Pablo Larraín: 'Trump has the nuclear codes but we have a camera'https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/09/gael-garcia-bernal-pablo-larrain-donald-trump-we-have-a-camera
<p>The Mexican actor and Chilean director talk about the power and the duty that Latin American cinema has to combat racism in the era of Donald Trump</p><p>Latin American cinema can and must challenge the “racism and hatred” embodied by Donald Trump’s ascent to the White House, according to two of its leading lights.</p><p>The actor <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/gaelgarciabernal">Gael García Bernal</a> and director Pablo Larraín have warned that a climate of tension and threat in the US could trigger political violence, even war – but also a vibrant artistic response. “Trump has the nuclear codes and the US army. What do we have? A camera. And I’m going to use it,” said Larraín, the Chilean director whose <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/13/jackie-review-natalie-portman-kennedy-jfk">biopic about Jackie Kennedy</a>, starring Natalie Portman, is attracting awards buzz.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/26/mexico-trump-white-house-nafta-border-wall-remittances">Mexico reels at nightmare vision of a Donald Trump White House</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/09/gael-garcia-bernal-pablo-larrain-donald-trump-we-have-a-camera">Continue reading...</a>Gael Garcia BernalFilmCultureTrump administrationDonald TrumpFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:53:56 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/09/gael-garcia-bernal-pablo-larrain-donald-trump-we-have-a-cameraPhotograph: ddp USA/REX/ShutterstockPhotograph: ddp USA/REX/ShutterstockRory Carroll in Los Angeles2016-12-09T14:53:56ZBridges not walls: how the Guardian is expanding its Brexit coveragehttps://www.theguardian.com/membership/2016/dec/09/bridges-not-walls-how-the-guardian-is-expanding-its-brexit-coverage
<p>The challenge is to understand the motivations of voters on both sides of the referendum debate, writes the Guardian’s new Brexit policy editor</p><p>Coming home after a long spell abroad can be a surprise. Returning to London last month after nearly four years as the Guardian’s Washington bureau chief felt like escaping from a frying pan into the fire.</p><p>Fortunately, editors in London cushioned the landing by asking me to follow one story almost as wild as watching the election of Donald Trump: covering Britain’s efforts to leave the European Union.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2016/dec/09/bridges-not-walls-how-the-guardian-is-expanding-its-brexit-coverage">Continue reading...</a>MembershipEU referendum and BrexitEuropean UnionForeign policyPoliticsUK newsWorld newsEuropeDonald TrumpUS newsFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:41:32 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/membership/2016/dec/09/bridges-not-walls-how-the-guardian-is-expanding-its-brexit-coveragePhotograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPhotograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesDan Roberts2016-12-09T14:41:32ZDavid Cameron speaks about Brexit at US university: ‘How did we get here’? – videohttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2016/dec/09/david-cameron-speaks-at-us-university-how-did-we-get-here-video
<p>David Cameron speaks at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, on Thursday in a rare post-referendum speech. Cameron says the UK’s decision to leave the EU was a ‘movement of unhappiness’ and comments on the role of globalisation in the EU referendum and Donald Trump’s election</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/09/david-cameron-brexit-vote-trump-movement-of-unhappiness-us-speech">David Cameron: Brexit vote part of ‘movement of unhappiness’</a></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2016/dec/09/david-cameron-speaks-at-us-university-how-did-we-get-here-video">Continue reading...</a>David CameronUS newsIndianaUK newsDonald TrumpPoliticsFri, 09 Dec 2016 11:41:10 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2016/dec/09/david-cameron-speaks-at-us-university-how-did-we-get-here-videoPhotograph: Matt Kryger/APPhotograph: Matt Kryger/APGuardian Staff2016-12-09T11:41:10ZUS government scrambles to respond to surge of migrants at Mexico borderhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/09/us-government-migrant-influx-texas-mexico-border
<p>Influx stems in part from fear that Trump will mandate a wall, but is mainly a consequence of continuing violence and economic distress in Central America</p><p>In another context you might guess the giant marquees are being set up for a grand wedding. But this is the Texas border with Mexico, and the white tents are rising as the federal government’s latest response to a sharp rise in migrant numbers that is drawing parallels with the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/09/us-immigration-undocumented-children-texas">influx of 2014</a>.</p><p>Supply trucks arrived every few minutes as workers set up the Border Patrol holding facility in a field next to the Donna International Bridge, a few hundred metres from a rust-coloured metal border fence.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/13/central-america-violence-refugee-crisis-gangs-murder">Central America's rampant violence fuels an invisible refugee crisis</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/13/central-american-migration-family-children-detention-at-us-border">Surge in Central American migrants at US border threatens repeat of 2014 crisis</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/nov/23/central-america-gangs-migrants-sexual-exploitation-prostitution">'It's a crime to be young and pretty': girls flee predatory Central America gangs</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/09/us-government-migrant-influx-texas-mexico-border">Continue reading...</a>MexicoUS immigrationTexasDonald TrumpHondurasUS newsAmericasFri, 09 Dec 2016 11:30:27 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/09/us-government-migrant-influx-texas-mexico-borderPhotograph: Delcia Lopez for the GuardianPhotograph: Delcia Lopez for the GuardianTom Dart in the Rio Grande Valley2016-12-09T11:30:27ZDavid Cameron: Brexit vote part of 'movement of unhappiness'https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/09/david-cameron-brexit-vote-trump-movement-of-unhappiness-us-speech
<p>Election of Trump and decision to leave EU require ‘course correction’ for the west, former prime minister says in US speech</p><p>David Cameron has portrayed himself as a victim of populism but defended his decision to call a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU in his first major speech since leaving office.</p><p>Cameron launched what is likely to be lucrative lecture tour of the US by acknowledging that the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/24/britain-votes-for-brexit-eu-referendum-david-cameron">decision to leave the EU</a> was part of a “movement of unhappiness” about the <a draggable="true" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/19/liberal-democracy-trump-angela-merkel-france-netherlands-democratic">state of the world</a>. </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/08/welcome-age-anger-brexit-trump">Welcome to the age of anger | Pankaj Mishra</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/09/david-cameron-brexit-vote-trump-movement-of-unhappiness-us-speech">Continue reading...</a>David CameronEU referendum and BrexitDonald TrumpGeorge OsborneForeign policyEuropean UnionPoliticsUK newsUS newsWorld newsEuropeFri, 09 Dec 2016 07:51:28 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/09/david-cameron-brexit-vote-trump-movement-of-unhappiness-us-speechPhotograph: Matt Kryger/APPhotograph: Matt Kryger/APMatthew Weaver2016-12-09T07:51:28ZDonald Trump and Hillary Clinton's final campaign spending revealedhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/trump-and-clintons-final-campaign-spending-revealed
<p>FEC report shows Donald Trump laid out $94m in last push for White House while Hillary Clinton spent $132m and cemented herself as biggest fundraiser</p><p>Donald Trump’s campaign spent about $94m in its final push for the White House, according to new fundraising reports.</p><p>The Republican continued his campaign-long trend of spending far less than Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Her campaign spent almost $132m in its closing weeks, according to reports filed on Thursday with the Federal Election Commission. The latest reports cover 20 October to 28 November.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/trump-and-clintons-final-campaign-spending-revealed">Continue reading...</a>US elections 2016Hillary ClintonDonald TrumpUS politicsUS newsWorld newsFri, 09 Dec 2016 07:17:40 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/trump-and-clintons-final-campaign-spending-revealedPhotograph: Eric Gay/APPhotograph: Eric Gay/APAssociated Press in Washington2016-12-09T07:17:40ZIn these days of despair for the left, there are still reasons for hope | Martin Kettlehttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/09/despair-left-reasons-hope-zadie-smith
<p>As the writer Zadie Smith makes clear, the electoral bodyblows of 2016 could prove to be moments of inspiration</p><p>Receiving a literary prize in Berlin two days after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/09/how-trump-won-us-election">Donald Trump’s election</a>, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/zadiesmith">Zadie Smith</a> reflected ruefully that it is hard to find happiness in the face of immense political setbacks. “These are the darkest political times I have ever known,” Smith observed in her acceptance speech – <a href="https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/12/22/on-optimism-and-despair/">republished this month</a> in the New York Review of Books. As “President Trump rises in the west, a united Europe drops below the horizon”.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/06/does-the-left-have-a-future">Does the left have a future? | John Harris</a> </p><p>The history of dashed hopes is as long as human history itself. Our era has no monopoly of despair</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/16/russian-revolution-uprising-archive-1917">The story of the Russian revolution: from the archive, 16 March 1917</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/09/despair-left-reasons-hope-zadie-smith">Continue reading...</a>PoliticsUK newsDonald TrumpUS newsEU referendum and BrexitEuropean UnionForeign policyFri, 09 Dec 2016 06:00:21 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/09/despair-left-reasons-hope-zadie-smithPhotograph: Ben JenningsPhotograph: Ben JenningsMartin Kettle2016-12-09T06:00:21ZDonald Trump to remain executive producer of Celebrity Apprenticehttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/08/donald-trump-celebrity-apprentice-executive-producer
<p>The president-elect’s name will appear in credits of the show he hosted for more than a decade, confirming a continuation of his business entanglements</p><p>Donald Trump will not give up his role as an executive producer of The Celebrity Apprentice, the reality TV show’s studio said on Thursday, confirming a continuing business entanglement of the president-elect but not its details.</p><p>Trump’s name will appear in the credits of the show, studio MGM <a href="http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/donald-trump-mark-burnett-celebrity-apprentice-executive-producer-1201937420/">told Variety magazine</a> on Thursday, after the name of show creator Mark Burnett and before that of the program’s new host, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Trump hosted the show for more than a decade before his presidential campaign, during which NBC, the network that airs the show, <a draggable="true" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/29/donald-trump-dropped-nbc-mexico">broke ties with him</a> over his claims that Mexican people are “bringing drugs, and bringing crime, and their rapists”.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/dec/01/donald-trump-business-interests-conflicts">Trump's conflicts of interest: a visual guide</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/27/donald-trump-conflicts-interest-constitutional-crisis">‘A recipe for scandal’: Trump conflicts of interest point to constitutional crisis</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/08/donald-trump-celebrity-apprentice-executive-producer">Continue reading...</a>Donald TrumpUS politicsUS newsTrump administrationUS televisionFri, 09 Dec 2016 01:25:55 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/08/donald-trump-celebrity-apprentice-executive-producerPhotograph: Andrew Harnik/APPhotograph: Andrew Harnik/APAlan Yuhas in San Francisco2016-12-09T01:25:55Z